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SORCE
Former NASA space observatory. SORCE was launched on January 25, 2003 aboard a Pegasus XL from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2003-004ANORAD 27651United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SORCE
- International designator
- 2003-004A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27651
- GCAT identifier
- S27651
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/428
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Earth Probe
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- Leostar-2
Launch
- Date
- January 25, 2003 · 20:13 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-004Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad RW30/12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 610 km
- Apogee
- 649 km
- Inclination
- 39.99°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 25, 2020
- End of operations
- Feb 25, 2020
Size
- Mass
- 290 kg
- Dry mass
- 290 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q54368 (CC0).